Rui Benfeitas
Head Of Translational And Precision Medicine
Stockholm County, Sweden
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Top SchoolRui Benfeitas is Head of Translational and Precision Medicine at Chiesi Group with nine years of experience bridging computational biology, multiomics integration, and clinical translation. He combines a PhD in Computational Biology with senior roles at NBIS and SciLifeLab, leading patient stratification, metabolic modeling, and systems-level disease characterization. Rui has a track record of applying network analysis and machine learning to drug repositioning and the Human Protein Atlas, translating complex omics into actionable insights for precision therapeutics. Based in Stockholm, he pairs academic rigor—evidenced by publications and a Google Scholar profile—with industry leadership, uniquely blending hands-on bioinformatics expertise and strategic program development.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Biochemistry, Master of Science Biochemistry at University of LisbonDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at Universidade de CoimbraVisiting PhD Student Bioinformatics & Biostatistics, Visiting PhD Student Bioinformatics & Biostatistics at Universitat de Lleida
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Swedish, r, python, matlab
Github Skills (177)
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systems-biology10
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bioinformatics10
ruler9
single-cell-analysis9
principal-component-analysis9
ecology9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
NBISweden/workshop_omics_integration
Mar 2019 - Mar 2022
Workshop in omics integration and systems biology
Contributions:4 releases, 797 commits, 7 PRs in 3 years
workshopsbmlsystems-biologybiologyomics
NBISweden/workshop_omicsint_ISMBECCB
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:100 commits, 79 pushes in 1 month
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